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There are many compelling reasons why you need to be reviewing your allocations policy. At this session, we will discuss practical ideas to ensure your review is comprehensive and helps you produce an effective policy. 

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    Many councils and their housing association partners are in the process of reviewing their allocation systems for multiple reasons. Updating an allocations policy to take account of new and forthcoming guidance (eg tackling domestic abuse and the proposed consumer standards) is a prime driver. They also include the impact of the homelessness reduction legislation/temporary accommodation, refugee resettlement programmes, trends in lettings, and meeting the needs of vulnerable households.

    This workshop will focus on:

    • Updating versus fundamentally changing allocations policies
    • Stakeholder engagement and formal statutory consultation requirements
    • Councillor perspectives
    • Proactively tackling new pressures on allocations including resource issues.
  • Our programme

    10.30 Chair’s welcome and introductions

      • Tim Brown, Associate, HQN

    10.35 National policy on allocations and local pressures for reviews

      • Tim Brown, Associate, HQN

    11.00 Planning a review

      • Emma Lindley, Associate, HQN

    11.30 Involving stakeholders and statutory consultation requirements

      • Tim Brown, Associate, HQN

    12.00 Emerging pressures on allocations

      • Tim Brown, Associate, HQN

    12.25 Conclusions

  • Our speakers

    Tim Brown, Associate, HQN

    Tim has extensive knowledge of social housing allocations. He played a major role in the 1990s in the development of what is now referred to as choice-based lettings. Subsequently he has been involved in the review and evaluation of over 30 allocations schemes in the UK. He has also contributed to government research as well as co-producing good practice guides for the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. A number of governments in Western Europe have commissioned Tim to review allocations eg France, the Republic of Ireland and Sweden.

    He currently produces HQN’s allocations toolkit which is updated monthly.

    Emma Lindley, Associate, HQN

    Emma is a lead associate for HQN’s Strategic Network and has been an HQN Associate since 2013 . She regularly write briefings for HQN and has produced a toolkit on allocations and lettings. Emma has nine years’ experience working of in housing associations and a local authority in the East Midlands. She has worked in a variety of roles including managing a PRS portfolio, providing housing options advice, tenancy management and most recently strategic housing with responsibility for the homelessness service, affordable housing delivery and private sector renewal strategy.

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